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US National Park Services warns about nightmarish poisonous plant that can cause heart failure, severe stomach pain
The US National Park Service is issuing a warning on social media about a poisonous berry plant that is extremely dangerous – it can cause nausea, vomiting, severe stomach cramps and even heart failure in humans when consumed in large amounts. Can cause. Park rangers are going door-to-door advising people to stay away. Read on to learn all about Actaea pachypoda, or white baneberry, whose fruits resemble eyeballs.
National Park Rangers say birds and animals also eat the blackberry berries but are unaffected by the toxins, however, it is highly poisonous to humans.
A highly poisonous plant – known as baneberry – has prompted the US National Park Services to issue a warning to the public not to go close to it or consume its poisonous vegetation – because of the health risks it poses. Can be harmful.
According to news reports, park rangers are going door-to-door advising people to stay away. “Is that plant looking at me?” the National Park Service wrote on various social media websites along with a photo of a white baneberry plant – also known as doll’s eyes – whose fruits resemble eyeballs.
,Actaea pachypoda“White baneberry or doll’s eyes is a species of flowering plant in the Ranunculaceae family,” the agency explained. “The most striking feature of the plant is its fruit, a 1 cm diameter white berry, whose size, shape and black stigma give the species the name ‘doll’s eyes’.”
Why is the baneberry plant dangerous?
According to park rangers, birds and animals also eat the ravenous berries but are unaffected by the toxins; However, it is highly toxic to humans and can result in:
- nausea and vomiting
- pain in mouth
- frequent vomiting
- severe stomach cramps
- delirium
Doctors say that even though death is rare – it is possible if you consume large amounts of the berries, as the cardiogenic toxins in baneberries can affect your cardiovascular system, causing irregular heart rhythms and potentially death. Fatal heart failure may occur. According to experts, when jamun is consumed, it immediately has a sedative effect on the human heart. However, the berries are extremely bitter, and the curious eater probably cannot eat enough of them for this to happen.
all about plants
According to experts, the plant grows primarily in woodland areas in the US, as well as in fields or roadsides, and ripens in mid to late summer. White baneberry plants have given the botanical the nickname “doll’s eyes”, but baneberries can also have bright red bulbs.
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